METROPOLITAN TROTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 65, 12 November 1914, Page 2

METROPOLITAN TROTS.

WIN SOON WINS THE CEP. The following were the results on the first day of the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club’s spring meeting. There was a very large attendance. The track was in first-class order, and there was some capital racing. Ihe totalisator handled £42,869 Ids, as against £12,558 on the first clay lust year. Results:— Spring Handicap (saddle), of 200 ■>ovs (for unhoppled trotters); two miles.—9 Lockhead, Msec, 1; 2 Frank Wilkes, 14soc, 2; 3 Fiction, lOsec, 3. Time, smin 3sec. Empire Handicap (saddle), of 200 ■sovs., two miles.—2 Sherwood, Msec, i.; 3 Disappear, lOsec, 2; 5 Stanley’s Child, 11 sec, 3. Time, I min 4Sscc. NEW ZEALAND CLP HANDICAP (Harness), Of 2500sovs. and Cup; two miles. 2—Stevenson and McMath’s ch m Win Soon, aged, 6sec (A. Pringle) 1 6—W. J. Morlaml’s hr m Country Belle, 6yrs, ssec (Owner) ... 2 S—ll. T. Reid’s gr g Eccentric, aged, 6scc. (J. Brankin) ... 3

Also started—3 Denver Huon scr, 12 King Cole 2sec, 11 Emmeline 2, 10 Albert H. 3, 7 Ravenschild 4, 9 Bright 5, 1 Don Caesar 5, 4 Adonis 6, 5 Mandarine 6. Don Caesar began badly, add King Cole stood on the mark. Win Soon, going off smartly, took the load, while Bright fell before they had gone a couple of furlongs. At the tanks Win Soon and Country Belle drew right away from the rest of the field, and in the straight Win Soon held Country Belle safe, and at the finish drew away to win by four lengths. Eccentric was twelve lengths away third, and then close up came Emmeline, fourth, followed in order by Ravens,'hild, Mandarine and Don Caesar. Denver Huon and Adonis were some distance away next, and Albert H. was last to finish. Time, 4min 31soc. Middleton Handicap (harness), of 250sovs, (for unhoppled trotters only); two miles.—l Norval King, 16sec, 1 ; 6 Adventuress, llsec, 2; 3 Olive L., llsec, 3. Time, Imin 55 2-ssec. Lytctlton Handicap (harness), of lOOsovs., two miles.—6 Our Thorpe, 7sec, 1; 1 White House, 7sec, 2; 3 Antonio, lOsec, 3. Time, 4min 38 t-ssec. St. Albans Handicap (saddle), of 200 sovs., one mile.—2 Frandocia, 3sec, 1; I Quinaldine, 4sec, 2; 9 Rawene, 4sec, h Time, 2min 17sec. Riccarton Handicap (harness), of BOOsovs., one mile and a half.—9 Jingle, ssec, 1; 11 Mountain Rose, 9sec, 2; 2 Muricata, Bsee, 3. Time, 3min 27 4-ssec.

Hagley Handicap (harness), of 250 sovs., one mile.—l Bequest, 2see, 1; 4 Child Bel don, scr, 2; 8 Corhell, Iscc. Time, 2rnin 24sec.